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Sunday, February 1, 2015

FEBRUARY Art Fix: Upcoming Events

If you
need your art fix for the month of February (and I know I do!),
here are
some
shows that you won't want to miss! Traditionally, this is the month for
celebrating love, relationships, and all things beautiful, wondrous, and
adorable. So go explore an art walk, and make friends with a piece of
art. Converse with it, listen to what it tells you, become enraptured,
become inspired, fall in love with it, take it home with you, and let it
become part of your world forever.

LAST CHANCE:

Yvette Endrijautzki @ Krab Jab Studio

"The Divine & the Sacred" by Yvette Endrijautzki at Krab Jab Studio, closing reception. Friday, 6 February. Due to popular demand, we will have an intimate closing reception for Yvette Endrijautzki's show. We'll be open at 1 pm until 9 pm, with Ms Endrijautzki in attendance from 6 pm on. Show features the work of Yvette, as well as work by Drew Tucker, Joe Vollan, Elijah Evenson, and Tokyo Jesus.

"City Dwellers: Contemporary Art from India at SAM. Bollywood
movie culture, venerated politicians, religious traditions, and art
historical icons all contribute to the myriad of influences in
contemporary urban Indian culture. The artists in this exhibition pay
tribute to this multitude even as they introduce elements of irony,
introspection, and critique. Through their photography and sculpture,
the artists negotiate diverse
ideas and influences on contemporary Indian society—Hindu mythology,
Bollywood movies, Indian and western art, and icons of everyday life in a
global market economy. Many of the works are influenced as much by
popular movie culture and the use of digital technology as by the
conventions of religious ritual and street processions, traditional
theater, and dance. Come see the colorful, contradictory, and complex
India of today through the works of some of the country’s leading
artists. Showing through 15 February 2015.

COMING UP:

Nichole DeMent @ Bonfire

Chris Berens @ Roq la Rue

Jodu Waltier @ Shift

Aubry Andersen @ The Akarchy

The Pioneer Square Art Walk ~ Thursday, 5 February
from 5-8pm. Selected shows: AXIS Pioneer Square -"Gage 25/25"Kick
off the year-long celebration of 25 years of Gage
at "Gage 25/25," a party and exhibition opening at AXIS Gallery in
Pioneer Square on the night of February 5th, 2015. Enjoy live
music by DeeJay Whatsit?, plus special guests, a champagne toast, and a
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT at 5:45pm that you won't want to miss! PLUS,
celebrate the opening of the 25 Alumni Exhibition, featuring works from
25 celebrated alumni from ateliers at Gage.Bonfire Gallery - Nichole DeMent.Presenting select pieces from the "Oracle" series by Nichole DeMent, large scale encaustic works. On view now through April 3.Roq la Rue - "Nethermoor" by Chris Berens. Chris Berens is a Dutch painter whose work features a
fantastical mélange of exotic creatures and 18th century imagery in soft
focus. Startling, photorealistic, and distorted; his narratives feature
totem-like animals and childlike people floating through dreamy
European cityscapes, or decrepit ships in stormy seas shimmering as if
in a fevered dream. Building on classical glazing techniques
that recall the work of Vermeer and Rembrandt, Berens constructs his
compositions through painting on layers of emulsion, 1-3 inch pieces of
plastic coating, and paper; resulting in an incredibly luminous and
uniquely textured piece that flows seamlessly into a cohesive image.
Each section has been been painted numerous times and layered over and
over. This technique creates images with such depth that along with his
technical perfection it creates the illusion of a digitally composed or
manipulated image. However, once up close and in person, it is evident
that these works are created and painted by hand with painstaking skill,
time, and precision from beginning to end.Shift- Jodi Waltier. “This show is about the process of discovery. It’s
about ideas begetting new ideas. It’s about the flow from one experiment
to the next. Do they relate? Do they overlap? Does it matter? What is
it teaching me? It’s about trying to keep the practice of making art
moving me somewhere. It’s about strengths and weaknesses, research and
development, patience and failure and epiphany and doubt. It’s about
never giving up. It’s about hope. It’s about being human.” - Jodi
WaltierSOIL - "Bed Bath & Between"Julie Alexander, Nicholas Nyland and Matthew Offenbacher proudly present
paintings and sculptures by nine local and international artists in a
hand-painted wallpaper environment. The artists in Bed Bath & Between conflate high
modernism with sewing projects, easel painting with thrift store
shopping, conceptual thinking with material exploration. By placing
these works in and around highly patterned wall coverings, the curators
are curious about certain basic figure/ground relationships. Is this all
just decoration or do these relationships mean something? Bed Bath & Between explores human pattern building and
the insistent dissolution and reforming of patterns. Each iteration in
the process reflects the individual and their social group. The
challenge of distinguishing a figure from a ground is a fundamental
human challenge. Life is the emergence of a figure, a complex series of
negotiations between a figure and a richly patterned ground, and a final
dissolve back into the gestalt.The AKArchy - New work by Aubry Kae Andersen Trabant Coffee - "A Show of Hearts"
The 2nd Annual heart themed ornament show! Featuring over a dozen local
artists and laser cut hearts courtesy of Bellevue Fine Art!Also check out new work at4Culture, 57 Biscayne,Abmeyer + Wood,Angle Gallery,Art Xchange, The Belfry Oddities,Core Gallery, Davidson Galleries,Delicatus, Flatcolor Gallery,Foster/White Gallery,Gallery 110, Gallery IMA, goCstudio, Greg Kucera Gallery,Hall Spassov Gallery,James Harris Gallery,Linda Hodges Gallery,Method Gallery, Nord Alley & the Alley Network Project,Occidental Square Park, OK Gallery,Pioneer Square Saloon, The Piranha Shop,Platform Gallery,Punch, Room 104 Gallery,SAM,SAM Gallery, Stonington Gallery, TK Artist Lofts, and more! Pioneer Square is the oldest art walk in the United States, and
features over 50 galleries, studios, and other art spaces!

The Fremont Art Walk ~ Friday, 6 February from
6-9pm. Selected shows:Fremont Jewelry Design - Stasia Burrington, art & Grace Matsumoto Wood, jewellery trunk show. Just in time for Valentine's... get your sweetie -
or yourself, we're fans of that - something nice!Portgage Bay Goods - Stasia Burrington IllustrationTiny Dodo Gallery - "A Date with Blythe" by Mab Graves. Tiny Dodo Gallery, formerly known as Tiny Ninja Gallery
@ Stoneway Cafe, is showcasing Pop Surrealtist Mab Graves from
Indiannapolis, IN! Artist is known worldwide and has been a
huge influence in the Blythe Community! This is a rare event and an
honor to have Mab Graves' art and we hope to see you there! Mab Graves was discovered in a cabbage patch on a cool Summer night
several years ago. The note pinned to her blanket said CHANGELING but
her parents decided they would call her Mab instead. Later in life she would be diagnosed with “Terminal Artist,” a condition she lives with to this day. Mab paints in an old re-purposed tavern in Indianapolis, IN with her
adoring partner (photographer Larry Endicott) their cat, and an ever
growing collection of pink-haired Blythe dolls. There will be
custom artists that will be donating dolls and doll fashion to help
raise money for the Seattle's Children's Hospital, specifically to help
children with Uncompensated Care. Blythe dolls will be auctioned off on our website. They will be displayed at the opening for a one time in person viewing!! 30 percent of Tiny Dodo Gallery's proceeds from the dolls will go towards the Seattle's Children's Hospital.

"LxWxH Launch Party: Family Meal, A Curated Box Set" at Vermilion, Saturday, 7 February from 5.30-8pm. This is a very special, final edition of the LxWxH
Curated Box Sets. Titled "Family Meal", this edition symbolizes the
importance of this project as a community effort, pointing to its
orginal inspiration via CSA boxes; and the notion that meals are
valuable times of intimate gathering. As this project has always been
about connecting people, it ties together two worlds that are meaningful
to the founder Sharon Arnold; and presents beautiful imagery, rituals,
and philosophy by participating artists Jason Stratton, Kate Lebo, and
Kate Ryan. Sharon Arnold will also contribute to this box for the first
time, two of her most popular recipes on letterpress by artist Lynda
Sherman. Your art comes in a beautifully hand-crafted box made by Steve Leroux!

If you find yourself in San Francisco this weekend, check out "The 3rd Annual PRISMA Collective Show" at Spoke Art, featuring Seattle artists Redd Walitzki, Casey Weldon, and more! Opening reception is Saturday, 7 February from 6-9pm. Spoke Art is proud to present the PRISMA Collective
group show, debuting this February at Spoke Art Gallery. Following
annual exhibitions in San Diego and Los Angeles, the PRISMA collective
show embarks on its 3rd year tour, moving up the West Coast to land at
our San Francisco gallery on February 7th. Consisting of many exhibiting
artists who show with us regularly, this year’s PRISMA show is shaping
up to be a dazzling display of fine art painting and illustration from
an international roster.

"Pop 3: The Final Countdown" at Ltd Gallery, Saturday, 7 February from 7-11pm. This will be our last art show as Ltd! Also our 3rd
version of our very first show POP! way back in 2011. This show will
have prints and originals from previous shows. We have represented over
300 artists, in over 34 shows. There will be a lot to see and we would
love to party with you one last time! Please join us! Beer and wine bar, with drink specials via Raygun Lounge and the musical stylings of our very own DJ Hojo. Art purchased at this show will be available for pick up opening night
and throughout February. Our last day open will be February 28th, 2015. Our website will remain open following our closure until our stock diminishes.

Tisha Turner @ Kismet

The Capitol Hill Art Walk ~ Thursday, 12 February from 5-9pm. Selected shows:Ghost Gallery - "Echoes" by Jason Lajeunesse."'Echoes' is a collection of paintings that have been
inspired by my decision to pursue a life lived in sobriety. It also
chronicles my exploration with painting as an expressive medium.
Creative thinking and painting has become a renewed form of catharsis
for me. Here in this space, I have spent a great deal of time trying to
better understand and accept my personal history, while at the same time
exploring the medium as an extension of a constant inner dialogue. In the months leading up to the exhibit, the work has undergone a sort
of de-evolution. The paintings have simplified in the material
application and visual content, taking greater
abstract shape, while subsequently becoming more personal and
contemplative. I have been finding restraint in my approach, and a
fondness for the bare materials and negative space." - Jason Lajeunesse In-Arts Collective - "The Heartbreak Science Fair"This is a heartbreak themed scientifically
concocted art show! Witness science through visual art, performance art,
scientific installations, culinary arts, sounds, and so many other
mediums! It is a potluck of science fair projects that may either blow
your mind, or blow something up! Opening reception: Thursday, 12 February, and encore reception on Valentines Day, 5-10pm both days!Kismet Salon - Tisha Turner.The art is inspired by an upcoming comic the artist is
developing based on a magical circus performer, Francois Noir
Battilion. It takes place in the 1930's, Bordeux France. The characters
are a mix of animal and human and eerily haunting.Ltd Gallery
- "Pop 3: The Final Countdown" (encore)Mercury - "Transmission"Featured
artist: Michelle Bergin. Featured vendor: Jonquil & Black!
Featured bellydance: Raqs Nocturna & Betty Fish! Every month we bring you the best
in Shoegaze,
post-punk, post-rock and psych music with your hosts DJ Kantrip with guest DJ Foxworth. You do not have to be a member
for this night, and you do not need a member to sign you in. It is open
to the
public. No dress code. Free for members before 9.30pm, $5 for
non-members. Starts at 9pm and goes
til 2am.True Love
Gallery - "Power Scribbles: Simply Sophisticated Illustrations"This month, we’re harnessing the power of the
scribble. You can call it a doodle, a picture, a sketch, an
illustration. No matter how you describe it, you’ll delight in the
simple, bold, illustrative works presented by seven local artists. Featured Artists: Andrew Lamb Schultz, Battershell, Dasha Medvedeva, Harlen Munsö, Keri Scherbring, SailorHank & Scarlet Luartes. Also check out new work at Americana, Apocalypse
Tattoo, Bauhaus, Cafe Pettirosso, Caffe Vita, Capitol Cider, Cloud Gallery,Cupcake Royale, Front Seat Gallery,High 5 Pie,Joe Bar, Laughing
Buddha,Online Cafe, Paris Eastside, PCNW, Poco Wine + Spirits,Retrofit Home,SAAM, Saints Gallery,STart Wall Project, SugarPill, Vermillion, and more!

Twilight Gallery - "A Vintage Valentine's Day Party" (opens Friday) Marieke and The Go Get 'Em Boys
will be rockin' the joint! There will also be spiked punch by DYNAMITE
COCKTAILS, polaroid photo booth, and Vintage pop-up shops from Lekkerlife Clothing and Urban Chemist! Music starts at 8pm. Drink tickets will be sold and you can trade them in for a nip. Bring your ID's.

The Art Up Phinneywood Art Walk ~ Friday, 12 February from 6-10pm. Selected shows:Echo Echo Gallery - "Initiation Rites" featuring the Echo Echo crew and our brand new members, Brandy Tomlin & Rhodora Jacob! The power was out last art walk, so we're trying this once more with feeling, and light!HappyTime Apocalypse - "The Day the Music Died" It's time for the Greenwood ArtWalk again and this
time we have a theme: Dead Rockstars!! We're paying tribute/grievances
to the musicians who have given their lives to bring us the music we
love and/or hate. Come hang out with the HappyTime crew and share your
favorite dead rockstar stories while appreciating art of all genres. We
also have a couple guest artists this month who we're SUPER excited to
have hanging on our walls.Push/Pull - "The Art of the Intruder"INTRUDER is a free, quarterly, co-op, comics newspaper
that started in March of 2012 consisting of 16+ Seattle based, darkly
comedic cartoonists. We'll be showing the original art from INTRUDER,
including original work from the February release of issue 14.Urban Light Studios- Vera Pashkevich, solo exhibit. Vera’s work echoes a sense of childlike wonderment in a
series of nighttime portraits lit by LEDs. Assembling large
installations on location, she portrays the effects of modernity and
light pollution by transforming otherwise untouched landscapes into
meticulously composed sets. Often influenced by magical realist
literature, her primary interest is encouraging the viewer to ask
questions. In her smaller works, she explores alternative processing/printing through experimental portraiture. Closing reception for Elle Hanley's solo exhibit.Warlock Labs - "Wonder Women Art Show"An exhibition of women, both super and wonderful, and
ready to rock! Come see art by Rhodora Jacob, David Lasky, Scott
Faulkner, Jason Zayas, and a host of others at Warlock Labs this coming
Friday the 13th as part of Greenwood Art Walk.Also check out new and exciting work at Avanti Art & Design,Chocolatti,Gainsbourg, Home Suite Home, Naked City
Brewery, Quadrapus,School of Rock, The Space is Ours,Two Bird Tattoo, and more!

The Georgetown Art Attack ~ Saturday14 February from
6-9pm. Selected shows: Eight and Sand - "Psychic Hearts" by Jenny Dayton.This month will feature the new works of local artist
Jenny Dayton Please join us for conversation and refreshments during the
reception. All are welcome. Opening reception Saturday Feb 14 2015, Running through Mar 6 2015. The show will be posted online as well.Interstitial - "Kendra Exposed" by Cindy Hinant.Kendra Exposed, a solo exhibition by New York based
artist Cindy Hinant investigates female celebrity in contemporary pop
culture. This exhibition confronts high-circulation media images with
contemporary feminism by appropriating recordings and images of Kim
Kardashian, Kendra Wilkinson, and Paris Hilton. In reworking
sex tapes and paparazzi photos, the artist imposes a color field coding
to each celebrity. The reception of the original media slows down, and
in relieving it of its franticness, Hinant manages to subtly reveal a
circular game of discipline and transgression, where it is unclear if
these celebrities fall prey to, or take advantage of a media culture
that is exploitative of women. The focal point in this work is this
ambiguity. Kendra Exposed offers a strident critique of how we are
taught to think about sex, consumption, and victimization.Georgetown Arts & Cultural Centre - "Midnight and the Kitties are Sleeping?" by Dan MahonGeorgetown Liquor Company - Beautifully beaded Mardi Gras masks by Diane McFee and pop culture stencil art on records by Manticore Stencil Art (Dave Ryan)Krab Jab Studio - "Brittany to Cascadia"Nearly two years in the making, we are excited to
bring the work of Breton artists Alice Dufeu, Bastien Lecouffe Deharme,
David Thiérrée, Olivier Villoingt, Virginie Ropars and Yoann Lossel to
the Pacific Northwest! Tucked up in the northwest corner of
France, Brittany is the ancient home of the Celts, with its wooded
inland and windy coasts much like our home here. Thick with history and
myth, its no wonder it has been the home to some of the most talented
and aesthetic artists France has to offer today. Originally
gracing our walls during our 2013 FAERIE show, these artists have
quickly become favorites to our visitors, so it was natural to set up
this exchange we've named "Brittany to Cascadia". As a special
treat, Bastien, David, Virginie and Yoann will be travelling to Seattle
to attend the opening! They will be speaking about their work during the
Artist's Talk at 7:30 pm - come early, there is standing room only! Musical guest is Vox Vespertinus. This opening is free to the public - perfect way to treat your sweetheart!The Alice - "USEd"The first exhibition at the newly formed
contemporary art space The Alice, located in the Seattle neighborhood of
Georgetown. The first exhibition features 9 artists that create work
which appears to have been previously used, worn, or utilized. These
works expose the process of making, look as though they have had
experiences, and are openly secondhand or nostalgic. The pieces in USEd
appear to have been used by the artist, use us viewers and exists as
monuments to former experiences and journeys. Also check out new work at9lb Hammer,Artcore Tattoo, Belle & Whissel,Fantagraphics
Bookstore,Georgetown Atelier, Georgetown Trailer Park Mall, Smarty Pants, Totally Blown
Glassworks, Two Tartes Cafe, Wax Expressions,
and more!

"Making Space" at North Seattle College Art Gallery, Wednesday, 18 February. Making Space, curated by artist Glenn Tramantano, is
an exhibition investigating contemporary constructions of place,
surface, and form. Whether through collision, disruption, expansion, or
imagination, these artists’ approaches to space reveal a desire to
alter perceptions, make new worlds, or uncover truths about existing
ones.

"Exterminator City 3" at the Greenwood Collective, Saturday, 21 February from 3pm til late! We're back and bigger than ever! 26 local indie and underground comic artists and illustrators in one place! Free and open to the public! Intruder Comics issue 14 release party to begin at 6pm!

ONGOING:

Mr @ SAAM

Mughal Painting @ SAAM

This month the SAAM is featuring:"Live On: Mr's Japanese Neo-Pop."The devastating disaster of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and the nuclear
accident afterwards were both a shock and inspiration for Japanese
Neo-Pop artist Mr. In response, he composed a massive installation made
of hundreds of everyday objects from Japanese life. It’s the central
work in this exhibition, presented here with a series of new paintings
and other work. A reminder of the debris that blanketed the Tohoku area
in the aftermath of 3.11 tsunami and earthquake, the installation
embodies the post-disaster fear and frustration of the Japanese people
since the catastrophic events. Showing through 5 April 2015."Mughal Painting: Power & Piety." Works of art produced in India under the Mughals (1526–1857), a dynasty
of Turko-Mongol origin whose emperors created the most expansive,
dominant, and wealthy Islamic empire in the history of the subcontinent.
Showing through 21 June 2015.

"City Dwellers: Contemporary Art from India."Bollywood
movie culture, venerated politicians, religious traditions, and art
historical icons all contribute to the myriad of influences in
contemporary urban Indian culture. The artists in this exhibition pay
tribute to this multitude even as they introduce elements of irony,
introspection, and critique. Through their photography and sculpture,
the artists negotiate diverse
ideas and influences on contemporary Indian society—Hindu mythology,
Bollywood movies, Indian and western art, and icons of everyday life in a
global market economy. Many of the works are influenced as much by
popular movie culture and the use of digital technology as by the
conventions of religious ritual and street processions, traditional
theater, and dance. Come see the colorful, contradictory, and complex
India of today through the works of some of the country’s leading
artists. Showing through 15 February 2015.

"The Common Sense" @ Henry

"Sanctum" @ Henry

The Henry
Art Gallery is currently featuring:"The Common Sense" by Ann Hamilton.Images of animals specimens; bestiaries and children’s ABC primers; fur,
feather, and gut garments are stitched together with sound, voice,
printed texts, and the movement of air in a building newly opened to
light. Time is also a material of the exhibition. Over the six-month
duration of the common S E N S E, the project will shift with
some elements depleting and others accumulating. Periodically, the
galleries will be animated by reading and singing. Showing through 26 April 2015."Sanctum" by Juan Pampin & James Coupe. An interactive art installation,
Sanctum employs surveillance systems to generate cinematic
narratives with social media content that matches the demographic
profile of passers-by. Sanctum seeks to investigate the narrative potential of social
media while raising important and provocative questions about the
conflicting imperatives emerging in our culture as we promote and
embrace ever-more-intrusive electronic media, while still cherishing
traditional notions of privacy. Showing through 4 November 2015.

Jessika Kenney @ Frye

This fall the Frye Art Museum is featuring: "Anchor Zero" by Jessika Kenney. Opening reception Friday, 9 January at 7.30pm. Vocalist and composer Jessika Kenney creates an
ephemeral site-specific video installation that will fill the galleries
with voice and video projections.

The
Frye also hosts an art lecture series every Thursday night.

With this
much going on, you couldn't possibly complain that there's nothing to do in
Seattle!

2 comments:

I'm unfortunately not able to make it to Tacoma, so I don't know much about the art scene there. If you guys have established art walks or places that you'd like me to feature, please let me know! I'd be happy to add them to the list. :)